Cover photo for Dorothy DeGirolamo Ardale's Obituary
Dorothy DeGirolamo Ardale Profile Photo

Dorothy DeGirolamo Ardale

December 26, 1926 — May 11, 2006

Dorothy M. 'Dottie' DeGirolamo Ardale, age 79 of Boardman, and formerly of Alliance, died at 2:15 p.m. May 11, 2006 at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She was born Dec. 26, 1926 in Alliance, Ohio to Matthew and Lucia (Gregovich) Braidic and was a lifelong area resident.
Dorothy graduated in 1944 from Alliance High School and worked as a Sales Associate at Jean Frocks.
She was a member of St. Luke Catholic Church of Boardman, and former member of St. Joseph and Regina Coeli Catholic Church, and former member of the Altar and Rosary Society.
Survivors include her husband Elmer J. Ardale, whom she married Sept. 16, 1981; sons, Michael (Pamela) DeGirolamo of Alliance, Joseph DeGirolamo, of Alliance; daughters, Edythe (Chester) Bowers of Chandler, Arizona, Cynthia (Robert) Gilligan of Wooster, Ohio; step-daughters, Diane (Ralph) Ford of Canfield, Denise (Steve) Peterson of Haddonfield, New Jersey; step-sons, David E. Ardale of Struthers, Ohio and Donald Ardale of Tulsa, Oklahoma; 15 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; brother, Edward (Ruth) Braidic of Sebring; sister, Kathryn Fairbanks of Alliance; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Anthony F. DeGirolamo; sisters, Mary Braidic, Margaret Herman, Frances Fugatt, and brothers, Ferdinand Braidic and George Braidic.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Fr. Donald Feicht officiating. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 427 E. Broadway St. Alliance, Ohio 44601.


To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Dorothy DeGirolamo Ardale, please visit our flower store.

Guestbook

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors